Example sentences of "they are [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are simply a recording of a band 's live or alternative versions of their songs , which are used for one or two broadcasts . |
| 2 | But there is a stronger argument against the airlifts , namely that they are simply a way of sidestepping the real issue , which is asserting the writ of the UN humanitarian and peacekeeping effort on the ground . |
| 3 | They are simply a tool to be used in the interests of greater efficiency . |
| 4 | Therefore , I can no longer be allowed to escape criticism and analysis of my theistic views on the grounds that they are simply a matter of personal experience . |
| 5 | In the hands of a skilled and passionate wine-maker , however , they are positively an advantage : no chemical fertilisers mean lower yields , which means better concentration , and in general being ‘ natural ’ should mean more of the personality of the grape , terroir and wine-maker comes through . |
| 6 | They are just a part of trying to understand what 's going on inside me as Christmas draws near . |
| 7 | Alas , they are just a trifle over life size . |
| 8 | The only leverage I have to make the users act rationally is to show them the effect these price hikes have on my book fund , about which they are just a tad sensitive . |
| 9 | The common ground between games and group drama can be expressed either anthropologically ( they are both a form of group celebration ) or structurally . |
| 10 | We recognise the ridiculous details because they are also a part of our own lives . |
| 11 | They are also a centre of the village . |
| 12 | They are also a reflection on those who administer ‘ justice ’ in our courts and on the legislation that gives guidelines with regard to punishment for various crimes . |
| 13 | They are also a medium for promoting change and development in schools , and as such they need " managing " . |
| 14 | They are also a way of injecting new blood into the Fair . |
| 15 | But they are also a world away from the technology the major car manufacturers know best — the cutting , press-forming , welding and painting of metal . |
| 16 | They are also a reminder that although the 1474 agreement had forbidden the two nobles to retain the same men , this left open the possibility of other forms of shared allegiance . |
| 17 | They are also a reminder that although the 1474 agreement had forbidden the two nobles to retain the same men , this left open the possibility of other forms of shared allegiance . |
| 18 | They are also a matter of political economy , in the sense that some measures best represent some socioeconomic systems while they discriminate against , perhaps by undervaluing the products of , other socio-economic systems or classes of people within a system . |
| 19 | But they are also a matter of economic necessity , as Europe competes against other countries , particularly in the Pacific Basin , who are already investing substantially in the skills of their rapidly growing and younger population . |
| 20 | They are also an invitation to those who exercise political power to reflect on the nature of man and of human society and in the enactment of laws to eschew the often brilliant attractions of pragmatism , of relativism or of short-term solutions in favour of lasting concern for the common good of all . |
| 21 | The lists of attainments in Profiles of Development are not only a means to record learning , they are also an intervention in teaching — an attempt by the authors to define in more detail the National Curriculum as it applies to ‘ individuals for whom there is concern over progress ’ . |
| 22 | Although young bands can find the established people in Music Week , they are probably a waste of time . |
| 23 | They are equally a force in the Conservative Party and provide a high proportion of the leaders of public opinion in the media and elsewhere . |
| 24 | They are equally a protest against Bloomsbury and Modernism , against novels without narrative momentum , incidents unbased on a shared knowledge of a familiar and engrossing world , and analysis without moral commitment . |
| 25 | They are essentially a form of nonsense verse for which Eliot had great affection and understanding ; he had lectured on the subject while in America in 1933 , and he once told Stravinsky that he considered Edward Lear to be a great poet and compared him with Mallarmé . |
| 26 | Retest foods once or twice a year to see if they are still a problem . |
| 27 | However , the number of people with fathers in the professional group is relatively small , so that they are still a minority of those who have been in higher education . |
| 28 | And they are still a community under pressure . |
| 29 | ‘ They are only a nuisance , they have only inconvenienced you , ’ said Marcelle , ‘ and the letter will tell them very little . ’ |
| 30 | It has also shown that they are only a part of the explanation of Africa 's problems ; a difficult agricultural base , the inequalities of the world trading system , the sometimes exploitative role of multinational companies have also had a major part to play . |